8th Sep, 2023 10:30 GMT/BST
Natural History & Taxidermy
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Taxidermy: A Wall Cased Pair of European Robins (Erithacus rubecula), circa 2023, by A.J. Armitstead, Taxidermist & Naturalist, Darlington, Co Durham, a pair of full mount Robins perched upon a broken bucket nest site, both guarding the entrance containing their five simulated eggs, amidst painted grasses and ivy leaves, set upon floating soil groundwork, mounted against a watercolour painted church yard scene backdrop, enclosed within an oak framed five-glass picture frame style display case, 45cm by 11.5cm by 36.5cm excluding outer frame, signed to interior lower right, taxidermist's full paper trade label to verso
Sold for £300
Estimated at £300 - £400
Auction: Natural History & Taxidermy, 8th Sep, 2023
A very rare Victorian cased pair of extinct New Zealand Huia leads the Natural History and Taxidermy Sale. The superb quality male and female huia full mounts were mounted by James E. Whiting, Naturalist, of 19 Heath Street, Hampstead, and are presented perched on a branch and surrounded by hummingbirds, rocks and foliage.
Also on offer in the sale are a Monumental Late Victorian Cased Display of Tropical Birds Native to South America & South East Asia & Oceana, circa 1870-1900 (estimate: £8,000-12,000), an impressive large late Victorian cased White Pelican and White Ibis mounted in 1879 by James Gardiner (estimate: £3,000-5,000), a fine cased diorama of Eurasian Bullfinches by T.E. Gunn, Naturalist of Norwich (estimate: £700-900), an early 20th century Giant Clam Shell (estimate: £500-700), and a modern re-creation of a Toco Toucan by the renowned taxidermist Carl Church of Pickering, North Yorkshire (estimate: £1,500-2,500).
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